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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

May 2153

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Lunar month 429Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 523Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 524Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 525Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 531Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear5Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 56Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, May 8, 2153

Lunar 二一五三年 · 四月十五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

A daily reflection is not a prediction. Use it as a prompt for attentive, self-directed choices.

24 Solar Terms

Follow the seasonal rhythm, from today into the next turn.

  1. Start of Summer

    Sat

    2153-05-05

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2153-05-08

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Mon

    2153-05-21

    In 13 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    2153-06-05

    In 28 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

立夏 → 小满

Year cycle

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丁巳

四月十五

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake vehicles and toolsMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateMove the hearthDismantle

Avoid

Traditional cautions for the day; treat them as a pause for discernment.

Open for businessExecute an agreement

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

Avoid

Almanac information and Daily Insight are offered for traditional-culture reference and personal reflection only. They are not professional, medical, legal, or financial advice.

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